The next round of our International Visitor Program is now open! Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here 🦘🌏 Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa... Due: 17 Feb 2026 #mathsky

Great article from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social about how Zsuzsanna Dancso tackled a different kind of mathematical problem: how to keep women engaged with higher level math www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw... #mathsky

Check out today's article on A/Prof Zsuzsanna Dancso's amazing interventions to reverse the decline of women in advanced maths courses: www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Congratulations to @monsoon0.bsky.social, Geordie Williamson, @tillus.bsky.social, John Voight from the School of Mathematics at USyd, and the rest of the team, from other parts of university and beyond, for their ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust!

When @Sydney_Uni sought to appoint its very first professors, the then Provost wrote to the selection committee in England… /1

Do you remember how a newly minted Fields medallist had his shiny new medal stolen at ICM2018 in Rio? Guess who is speaking tomorrow @sydney.edu.au ⬇️

Congrats to Prof Kevin Coulembier, who was recently named a Top Researcher nationally in Algebra by The Australian: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

Congrats to Dr Caroline Wormell from the School of Mathematics and Statistics on their recently announced DECRA award "From chaos to clarity: reliable data-driven analysis of dynamical systems."

Thrilled to see that powerhouse Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0.bsky.social) has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year for her work in geometric & asymptotic methods to study discrete and continuous nonlinear mathematical models Congratulations Nalini! #MathSky youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68

Join us on Monday 1st December for the first SMRI-Basser Joint Seminar, to be given by Robert Tarjan (Princeton University) @sydneycompsci.bsky.social 'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?' 2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025 The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney #MathSky #CSforAll

In October 2025, Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad visited SMRI, as part of our International Visitor Program. In this interview, she talks to us about her work in complex systems and networks, at the interface of physics, applied mathematics and computer science! #MathSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBD...

An article from @sydney.edu.au about today’s significant event #NSWPremiersPrizes news-opinion.sydney.edu.au/link/id/zzzz...

Congrats to @monsoon0.bsky.social the NSW Scientist of the Year! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

🏆 Professor ‪@anitaho-baillie.bsky.social‬ from @sydney.edu.au is awarded the University of Sydney Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research. #EurekaPrizes ‬‬ Learn more: youtu.be/D305jgujrQk

USYD @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social grad and AI expert Andrew Tulloch turns down billion-dollar contract for Meta: www.news.com.au/technology/o... #MathSky

I'm delighted that Jonathan Spreer has joined the editorial board at #ExperimentalMath . Jonathan is an expert in #topology at @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social

Knots are everywhere: DNA, materials, and maths. How can we use algebra – numbers, operations, and structure – to unravel their mysteries? Join this public lecture hosted by @sydmathinst.bsky.social, as part of National Science Week. Register now: srkr.io/63326guY

Science at the Museum is happening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August! Join us as we team up again with the museum for a program loaded with activities for the whole family! #MathSky #NationalScienceWeek mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/scienc...

Very much looking forward to hearing from @astrolaura.com - who is using the ASKAP telescope to look for stars (and trying to avoid those pesky black holes!) 🔭

Our very own wunderkid Dr Chris Lustri debunks the lotto in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

📢 We are hiring! The School of #ComputerScience of #USyd 🇦🇺 is seeking outstanding women academics, at all seniority levels, for continuing (equivalent tenure system) positions. Deadline to apply: ⏰ August 25 #AcademicJobs #WomenInCS usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

The The London Mathematical Society has elected Professor @monsoon0.bsky.social , of the School of Maths and Stats, to Honorary Membership of the Society. Professor Joshi is a world-leading mathematician whose pioneering work has transformed the field of integrable systems.

Congrats to Anne Thomas, Pengyi Yang and Tiangang Cui of the School of Math and Stats for their Future Fellowships! More information on their projects can be found on the Grant Announcements page here: rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

Applications are now open for our International Visitor Program, open to #mathematicians to visit Aus 🐨 between July '26-'June 27, or March '26-June -27 (Aus/NZ citizens) 📅 Apply by Aug 1, info: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa... Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky

New postgrad research scholarship in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience opens today!! www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Continuing position on Mathematical Optimization in our School here in Sydney. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Transport NSW launched with N Joshi a ferry named after @sydney.edu.au alumna Ruby Payne-Scott, the third woman to graduate in physics and first Australian female radio astronomer. Ruby laid the foundations of radio astronomy and helped uncover how the sun sends out bursts of radio energy.

Take our #math undergraduate course to learn how to analyse this #dynamical system 🫣 (from @nytimespr.bsky.social )

Next time you’re tucking into your Vegemite toast or Weetbix, spare a thought of thanks to @sydney.edu.au researchers, who have been helping farmers in Australia (and beyond!), through world-class research, protect wheat crops from deadly pathogens for more than 100 years. go.sydney.edu.au/2OxGtl

Next week, we are celebrating #WomenInMathematics with an evening of talks, free pizza, and a display of intriguing 3D geometric objects! Everyone is welcome 🍕 @sydney.edu.au @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social #MathSky #May12 #May12WIM

Congratulations to the 25 successful applicants for Round 1 of SMRI's 2025 International Visitor Program 🪇🎉Stay tuned for Round 2, opening in June for visits from mid 2026 #mathsky mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/news/interna...

I’m blown away by the #mathematics of #quantum computing, especially the analytic side… Yes, like most fecund areas of mathematics, there are analytic, algebraic, arithmetic, and probably geometric sides to this never-ending story…

“21st century mathematics”: a free month-long online enrichment program for math teachers. Info + register: bit.ly/21math2025 Video part 1:

Congratulations to Associate Professor Arunima Malik from the Science Faculty, who has been awarded the National Champion for the Frontiers Planet Prize for Australia 👏

I was interviewed by ABC news radio about the latest Grattan Institute report on #mathematics #education this afternoon 👉🏼 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Dennis Gaitsgory wins the #Breakthrough Prize in #Mathematics “for his central role in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture.” (Did you know his father is an Australian mathematician?) 👉🏼 www.scientificamerican.com/article/denn...

We're happy to hear today that The University of Sydney is ranked #1 in Australia and #38 in the world in the recently released QS Subject Rankings 2025 for Mathematics. www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

Happy #PiDay to those who celebrate! 🥧🧮🥟 For those in Sydney, we are celebrating with a public lecture with Henry Segerman tonight bit.ly/4hJefor, and tomorrow & Sunday we are celebrating #CCWMxSMRI. All are welcome! #MathsAtTheMuseum bit.ly/3XcaY95 #mathsky #InternationalDayOfMathematics #IDM25

We are looking forward to getting into the fibre crafts too! @mathskath.bsky.social

So this happened a night ago 🙏🏽 Royal Society of NSW and Julie Cairney for accepting the award on my behalf …

We're advertising a continuing position in the School of Physics at Sydney! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics Deadline April 3rd usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA... Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation #Physics #AcademicSky

Today I am ✈️ to the UK to give lectures at Bristol ⬇️ Will you be there? heilbronn.ac.uk/2025/01/28/d...

Fractal lovers: the Apollonian gasket is a lovely example of circle packing. The radii of circles are governed by the Hausdorff Dimension- calculated to 128 decimal places (!) by Caroline Wormell @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social and Polina Vytnova in Invent. Math! More here 👉 bit.ly/3CZK8dr #mathsky

Super excited to bring artists, musicians and mathematicians together!

SMRI and the Chau Chak Wing Museum joined forces to create a lively (and free) event next month: Maths at the Museum www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

Known any (Australian) school kids who love science? The Sleek Geeks Eureka Prize is now open! Sponsored by the University of Sydney, this competition encourages students to communicate a scientific concept in an accessible way. @doctorkarl.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9w...

Exciting news: our 2025 public lecture for International Day of Maths will be by @henryseg.bsky.social 'Artistic Mathematics: Truth and Beauty' will be on Friday 3.14 (14.3 down under) and will cover mathematical art and visualization Those in Sydney, register here 👉 bit.ly/4hJefor #mathsky #idm314

Don't miss out on the chance to see Henry Segerman in action for the International Day of Mathematics! events.humanitix.com/artistic-mat...

"A generative model for community types in directed networks", paper with Cathy X. Liu and Tristram J. Alexander, now published in the Journal of Complex Networks. It shows how different relationships between two groups of nodes (users) can appear in (social) networks. doi.org/10.1093/comn...

Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory: a special semester will run at SMRI in semester 1 2025 (March-June 2025); organised by Geordie Williamson (SMRI), Charlotte Chan & Thomas Lam (both UMich) #mathsky #representationtheory #mathsdownunder 👉https://bit.ly/4i11Ixe